and more books

wellington’s biggest booksale starts tomorrow. There are over 60,000 books being stacked as we speak for the Downtown Community Ministry Bookfair tomorrow.

It’s all being held at TSB area, entry is free, But the books, jigsaw puzzles, magazines, records, CDs and DVDs are not. however the prices are just the right size for anyone wanting to stock up on reading for the summer

as a mad keen collector, my favorite stop is the children’s book area. However i will also be spending quality time in the Science Fiction (usaully all sells out by about 2pm Saturday) DVD and vinyl sections. I also plan to pick up a truck load of magazines, hopefully a years supply of the new yorker.

Doors open at 9am on Saturday (closing at 5pm) and at 10am on Sunday (closing at 4pm).

Plus the best part every bit of money you pay for all those books, jigsaw puzzles, magazines, records, CDs and DVDs goes toward helping wellington’s most in need people.

it’s shopping and helping save the world all at the same time 😀

MarineVille always do the cutest e-mailouts, so I’m leaving this in their words (and punctuation!)…

Yes! This September 11 Marineville and Holiday with Friends reclaim the day from such horrible tragedies as … the birth of Moby! He may think he’s a smartypants but he’s not as clever as these post art school hipster pop/rockers!!! Come see for yourself!!!
MarineVille / Holiday with Friends
Bar Bodega
Thursday Sept 11
$5, 9pm

PS: After the gig has ended we will be observing approximately 8 hours silence in memory of these Sept 11 events (after the jump):

Some of us have missed out on Peaches tickets AND found ourselves too skint for Bill Bailey at the St James tonight.

Le Sigh.

Le Big Sigh.

Fortunately solace can be found at Mighty Mighty tonight in the arms of some sweet, sweet electro. NZ based producers, DJs and live performance will be on hand to pound away that pain. The main act is billed as CureMotel but in this girl’s completely biased opinion Stress Cadet alone will be worth the five bucks on the door. Having seen their work as part of Auckland based bands Soft Shoe and the legendary Meatbix (taking a break, maybe they are all shagged out?), Josh Lynne and Damian Golfinopoulos are sure gonna bring the puntastic with plenty of visual and aural frights and delights.

Short Circuit: CureMotel and Stress Cadet
Venue: Mighty Mighty
Doors open: 9:30pm
Cost: $5

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Well, maybe not this person. But others, and especially out-of-towners, might be intrigued by this auction of a mystery weekend in Wellington this weekend. Even if you’re in Wellington already, the accommodation for two, together with promises of “presents, chocolates …” and “… something in there that no amount of money could buy” could make it all worthwhile.

You’d better hurry, though, since the bidding closes this evening.

Although the last thing in the world that I want is for the Wellingtonista to come across like traditional frighteners media, I think we can all acknowledge that sometimes the world can be a scary place for women (and men), so here’s something you can go to that might make it a little less scary.

Protect, who teach reality-based self-defense, is running a seminar entitled ‘Safe For Life’ in Wellington on Saturday October 18. If you don’t want to take the bus out to Khandallah by yourself, how about you go with Leaf, Probably?

I haven’t been to one of their courses, so I can’t tell you what it’s like, but I do appreciate that they advertise one of the things that they teach is confidence, which will provide a healthy reminder that no one is ever asking to get attacked or deserves it (just be wary: possibly NSFW).

Today’s the second to last day to enter our competition to win a new Vodafone phone because we’re going to draw it at noon tomorrow. Having had a 6121 for a couple of weeks now, I have to tell you that it’s pretty damn awesome for checking your email on, especially while waiting for your bags at airports. Except for today when the network didn’t seem to be working. So what are you waiting for?

Congratulations Cat! The Randomizer picked your number, so you’ve won yourself a fantastic new phone. We’ll be in touch to get your delivery address.

Sure, you already play Hipster Bingo at the SFBH, but have you thought about playing the real game instead? From the good people who bring you the movie quiz at the Paramount comes a new way to spend your Sunday afternoons: Hangover Bingo!

It will be happening for the first time at 2pm on Sunday 7th September at the Courtenay Arms.

Settle down in front of a warm fire, with yummy food, some hair of the dog and a few leisurely games of bingo!

Cash Money to be won plus loads of other goodies. Go along and make it a success so that it can become a regular event.

Art No Made is a live audio-visual performance staged by Argentinean multimedia artists Niko and Ayelen Schiavi at the Film Archive this Friday and Saturday night.

The artists, who are currently resident in Wellington, marry 3D film created using Chromadepth – which transforms a 2D graphical interface into a striking 3D illusional space – with electronic soundtracks DJ’d live in the cinema. Tickets are available from the Archive, pre-sales and door sales alike are $8 or $6 concession, and on the night(s) 3D glasses will be provided for your enjoyment of and participation in this world premiere event.

Originally Niko and Ayelen designed the project for a party, but have since adapted the project for a lounge format, which “involves the spectator all the more since he/she is not losing energy and concentration in dancing”.
Friday 29th & Saturday 30th August at the Film Archive, cnr Taranaki & Ghuznee Sts

You can tell that summer is coming from the touring internationals headed our way, if not by the weather right now! September to December is always a frenzy of northern hemisphere bands escaping the cold to tour down under and to kick it off none other than Brian Jonestown Massacre are hitting (hopefully not literally) Wellington on Sept 4th.

Anyone who’s seen the fabulous doco that follows BJM and their friends-turned-bitter-enemies the Dandy Warhols, Dig, will be excited to see the volatile band in the flesh as well as thrilled to know that after a hiatus, tambourine player (yep, that’s his instrument) Joel is back in the band.

Supported on their Auckland and Wellington tour dates by Shayne Carter’s Dimmer and by Martin Phillipps’ ever-evolving Chills in Dunedin, the line-up is like a rock-slash-drama nerd’s dream! But to top it off, if you can’t make the Wellington show (tix selling fast, by the way – from Slowboat records on Cuba st or through Under the Radar) you should hightail it to Christchurch on the 3rd of September for the super-special support from the Hasselhoff Experiment! I kid you not! They reformed for a one-off reunion earlier this year and blew everyone’s socks off so if the deep south is calling you, now’s the time to visit. (I have a feeling this might be a secret support slot but, hello, don’t tell Wellington’s biggest gossip in that case… that’s me, by the way). See you at San Fran Bathhouse on the 4th – BYO tambourine.

On Friday night, Fur Patrol played at Bar Bodega. They announced their last song, played it with aplomb, and left the stage. Now, everyone knows that the last song isn’t really the last song because the band comes back for an encore or two – well, everyone know that, that is, except for the DJ, who started playing MGMT again, even as curious heads emerged from around the corner of backstage going “What? Can you turn that off please?” to no avail. The crowd were confused – DJ music always means the end of a gig – and shuffled off, so by the time the DJ got the message that they’d fucked up, Fur Patrol would have played to an empty room.

So, because someone didn’t know the rules of the encore, we missed out on Fur Patrol’s first airing of ‘Dominoes’ in like, eight years. You suck, DJ.
Photo by Rat Pony